Ji Yeon SE4 EP7

“Where Sun go, I go.”

Ok, I was all ready to act all jaded and cocky about the “big reveals” of this episode: the last two Oceanic Six members and Michael being the man on the boat—reveals we have figured out weeks ago. However, I’m going to save my cockiness because I did not see that ending coming from a mile away. Hands down, the best Sun and Jin episode ever. Consider me blown away. Furthermore, I’m not exactly convinced that we got two Oceanic Six members tonight, so there may still be one to be revealed.

Island
Sun and Jin talk about baby names and superstitions. Jin insists they are having a girl and wants to name her Ji Yeon. The next morning they see Kate who tells them about her recent trip to the Tempest. Kate offers nothing in the way of comfort to Sun that the newcomers are there to rescue them: “I’ve heard them talk about a lot of things since they got here, but rescuing us isn’t one of them.” Sun then introduces herself to Daniel, tells him she’s pregnant and asks him outright if they are going to rescue them. Daniel says it’s not really his call. This prompts Sun to make a decision to join Locke’s camp. She tells Jin they must find food for two days while she goes to ransack Juliet’s tent for more prenatal vitamins. Of course, Juliet catches her and figures out she getting ready to leave.

Juliet tells Sun not to go to Locke’s camp because Locke does not want to leave the island. “After everything you’ve confided in me, I should at least have your trust.” Which is really kind of a strange thing to say because it’s not like Sun OWES Juliet anything. Whatever, Sun clearly does not trust Juliet: “Claire’s baby is fine. I feel fine. All I have are your stories that something is going to go wrong. I don’t trust you.”

Kate draws Sun and Jin a map to Locke’s camp, then tells them that she’s going to have to tell Jack—but not until they get a nice long head start. Juliet sees them leaving and tries to stop them. She tells Jin that Sun is very sick and she will die in three weeks if she doesn’t get off the island. She tells Sun to translate for her, but Sun refuses. Jin refuses to be convinced by Juliet, so Juliet makes one last effort to stop them. She tells Jin that Sun had an affair. Sun’s shocked look over her shoulder mimics mine over here on the sofa. Juliet tells Jin that Sun thought the baby was her lover’s. Sun slaps Juliet, but Jin, heartbroken, walks away.

Jin’s reaction tells us much about how much he has changed since he came to the island. The old season one Jin would probably not have hesitated to slap Sun, or at the very least, verbally berated her. This Jin is truly truly devastated and feels the loss of his wife’s fidelity keenly. Sun says she knows he is angry, but Jin is not angry, he is deeply wounded. He will not talk to Sun, but continues to pack up his fishing gear. Bernard walks up into the middle of this altercation and invites himself along to go fishing with Jin. He then realizes his blunder and apologizes and makes to go off, when Jin turns and tells him to come. “You sure?” Bernard asks. “Yes. Come.” Jin says. And it is at this moment that we know he will forgive Sun.

Gone Fishing
Making conversation, Bernard points out to Jin that they are the only two married guys on the island. “Married?” asks Jin doing a very good Long Duck Dong imitation. “Yes, Married! Jeesh!”

Bernard then tells Jin that Rose has cancer—she’s sick and dying—or at least she was until they came to the island. Bernard thought when the survivors split up, that he was sure she’d want to stay—and make camp with Locke. Jin wants to know, then why do you stay with Jack? “Because it’s the right thing to do. Locke is a murderer. It’s all about Karma,” Bernard explains. “You make bad choices and bad things happen to you, you make good choices and...” Just then, Jin hooks a fish. “You see!” Bernard explains. “That’s karma! We must be the good guys.” The look on Jin’s face says he’s not so sure about that.

Apologies
Juliet apologizes to Sun, tells her she had to get her to listen. Sun needs to get off this island, Juliet insists, they all do. Juliet wants to go home more than anything. Juliet then begins to tell Sun what will happen to her if she stays:
· In three weeks, she will be in an almost constant state of nausea.
· A week after that, she will experience shortness of breath that won’t go away.
· After that she will lose consciousness and slip in to a coma.
· And then Sun, you will die.

Juliet tells Sun that she is Juliet’s patient and that makes Sun her business. If she goes to Locke’s camp, her baby will never be born.

Later that night, Sun is in camp and Jin brings her dinner. Sun is stunned; she thought Jin had left her. “Will you let me explain?” Sun asks. “It won’t matter.” Jin replies. “I know the kind of man I was before this island. I withheld my affections. Whatever you did, you did to that man. He caused this. I forgive you.” Jin says he will go to Locke’s camp but Sun tells him that Juliet changed her mind and that they must get off the island. Jin will do everything he can to protect Sun and the baby. Jin then asks if the baby is his and a tearful Sun tells him yes. “You will never lose me.” Jin tells her.

Boat
Frank is bringing food to Sayid and Jin when he runs across Regina guarding their cabin. She is disoriented, agitated and reading her book upside down. Sayid wants to know why they are being held captive and insists they have nothing to do with Minkowski’s death. Frank accuses them of breaking out—Sayid says the door was left open and he thought Frank did it. “Why would I do that?” Frank wants to know and dumps out dinner on the bed: several cans of lima beans. They apparently had a little trouble in the kitchen.

Sayid says he still wants to see the captain, to which Frank replies “No. You don’t.”

Later, Sayid and Desmond, stuck in their cabin and sick of lima beans, a note suddenly flits through the vent. Sayid tells Des about Ben’s spy and opens the note, which says, “Don’t trust the Captain.”

Desmond is going stir crazy because someone is banging pipes. Then the creepy doctor comes in and tells them they can have an audience with the captain. Sayid notices right away that the helicopter is gone. When he questions the doctor, he tells Sayid that Frank is running an errand—back to the island. Meanwhile, a chain wrapped Regina is methodically making her way over to the side of the boat where she calmly throws herself overboard. Strangely, only Sayid and Desmond react to save her. “Get a rope!” Sayid and Desmond scream. The captain suddenly appears: “No, it’s over. She’s gone.” He goes over to Sayid and Des. “I’m Captain Gault. I’m sure you two have a few questions.”

As a sidebar at this point, last season we had a little discussion about a book that Sawyer was reading in the episode “Par Avion” called The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand. The book largely considered Ayn Rand’s masterpiece is called “Atlas Shrugged” and its central hero is a man named John Gault. Atlas Shrugged is about a utopian society of entrepreneurs. There is a bit of a discussion of it on my blog under Par Avion in March, 2007 for more, if you’re interested.

Gault explains to Sayid and Desmond that his crew is suffering from a heightened case of cabin fever that he thinks is being caused by their close proximity to the island. He can’t move the boat to safer waters because he’s been sabotaged. Sayid wants to know who’s giving the orders and Gault answers “Charles Widmore.” “This is Charles Widmore’s boat?” Des asks dumbfounded. “Oh that’s right,” Gault remarks casually. “You know him.”

Gault then takes them inside and shows them the black box from Flight 815. Gault tells them that this black box came from Flight 815, found with the wreckage of the plane along with all 324 passengers. “The wreckage was obviously staged. Now can you imagine what kind of resources and manpower go into pulling off a feat of that magnitude?” Gault asks them. “What’s even more disturbing (and I’ll give him this) is where does one come across 324 dead bodies? And that, Mr. Jarrah and Mr. Hume, is one of the many reasons we want Benjamin Linus.”

Having been fully informed of the Captain’s agenda, the strange doctor leads them down to their new room which is marred by a few cockroaches and a big bloodstain on the wall that should have been cleaned up. The doctor sees the janitor, “Johnson” and tells him to come down and mop this up right away. Johnson hesitates, then makes his way into the light. Meet “Kevin Johnson”; you may know him better as….MICHAEL!

Korea
A very pregnant Sun is back in Korea packing a bag when she suddenly experiences pains. We assume that it is too soon for her to be in true labor, since she tells the emergency operator she needs an ambulance because something is wrong.

Elsewhere, Jin has been called and is rushing to get to the hospital, when he makes a quick stop at a toy store to grab a giant stuffed Panda. He grabs a cab, stuffs the panda in and his cell phone rings. Someone shoves him out of the way, steals his cab, his cell phone is knocked out of his hand and run over by a moped. Jin then runs back into the toy store to buy another panda (and why a panda, by the way? Wouldn’t a polar bear be more appropriate?) The shop owner says he doesn’t have any more, even though there is clearly one right behind his head. Jin wants to buy that one, but the shop owner says its on hold and someone else has already paid for it. He then tries to talk Jin into buying a Dragon, “In the year of the dragon it brings good luck.” FYI, the last year of the dragon was 2000 and next is 2012.

Meanwhile, Sun has been admitted to the hospital and recognized as one of the Oceanic Six. Her nurses start stripping her jewelry and she refuses to let them have her wedding ring. Sun’s regular doctor is not there and the baby is in distress. They give her pain medication and ask if there is anyone they can call for her, husband? Parents? “Just get Jin…” Sun breathes as she starts going under. Sun repeatedly calls for Jin until she passes out.

The doctors want to perform a caesarian, but Sun says no—she wants to wait for Jin. Suddenly the baby is crowning. A couple of quick pushes and Sun’s baby girl is born—Ji Yeon.

Jin finally makes it to the hospital, only he is there as a representative of Paik automotive and delivering a bear for the ambassador of China as a gesture for Sun’s father. Did Jin go back to work for Sun’s father after he got back on the mainland? As he leaves the hospital the nurse asks him why he’s leaving so soon. “Not my baby.” The nurse laughs, “Well maybe someday.” “Don’t rush me,” Jin quips. I’ve only been married for two months.”

???

Back at home, we find Sun is putting her wedding ring back on when the doorbell rings. It’s Hurley, there to see the baby. “I can’t believe you came all this way!” Sun explains. “Is anyone else coming?” Hurley asks. “No.” Sun replies. “Goooood.” Hurley purrs. Sun brings him to the baby. “She’s awesome. Wow. She looks just like Jin.” Hurley says. “So, I guess we should, like, go see him.” “Yes. Of course.” Sun answers

It is at this point, gentle readers, when the truth that Lisa has been denying for about 10 minutes hits her square between the eyes. This was beyond a little misty, folks. I bawled till the end of the show.

Sun kneels at Jin’s grave with the baby. She tells Jin how hard the delivery was on her, how she called for him and how beautiful his daughter is. The year of Jin’s death on the tombstone is 2004.

“Ji Yeon. I named her just like you wanted.”

“I miss you so much.”

Next week:
It’s all about Michael and...Someone. Will. Die.